Good news: White House launches its own news network
posted at 8:40 pm on May 20, 2009 by Allahpundit
What could go wrong? Seriously, Tapper’s being a tiny bit paranoid about this in my opinion, but don’t let me stand in the way of a good hand-wringing about Obama starting his own nascent propaganda bureau. Besides, JT’s honest enough to wink at how much the media slobbers over The One:
Read the TV pool report: “Your Pool was not allowed to go over and shoot POTUS with the team shooting hoops. We protested loudly.”
Now we know why: Obama White House officials decided to do their own media report on the visit, complete with cuts, interviews, and chyrons identifying who’s speaking…
Do Obama White House officials think their media coverage isn’t flattering enough?
Is the goal to ultimately replace the pesky photographers who film what they want to and not what they’re told to (not to mention the annoying reporters who ask uncomfortable questions about, say, detainee policy and bank bailouts)?
If that’s the goal, it’s a monster scandal. But, er, this isn’t exactly the smoking gun that proves it. All things considered, for sheer probative news value, this clip falls short of even the Barney video Christmas card. Just further proof of how right — and awesome — James Harrison is.
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I thought this was what c-span was for. don’t they already have a webpage whitehouse.gov?
ThackerAgency on May 20, 2009 at 8:42 PM
And the hits just keep on comin’.
thomasaur on May 20, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Bet they’ll have great reports on the WH car company. What do you think they’ll name their models?
I’d love to tool around town in a Murtha. A fast one to evade the cops would be the Auntie Zaitungo.
JiangxiDad on May 20, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Oh geez… another bracelet.
tru2tx on May 20, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Oh great, now Obama thinks he’s Joseph Goebbels…
doriangrey on May 20, 2009 at 8:45 PM
ANOTHER media outlet completely in the tank for Ogabe?
Bishop on May 20, 2009 at 8:46 PM
OT: Drudge says Specter (D-PA) claiming CIA lies to congress.
JiangxiDad on May 20, 2009 at 8:46 PM
VolkswagenPeepswagenJiangxiDad on May 20, 2009 at 8:47 PM
Wow, a news outlet that kisses its own behind.
Sanjoboy on May 20, 2009 at 8:48 PM
Obviously, Tapper has a professional ox being gored here, and we wouldn’t want to fail to mention that.
But do I think he’s being paranoid? No.
Today, the Lady Huskies and pick-up hoops. Tomorrow, when we’re conditioned to our OTV — what? Something that matters to the course of our nation’s future?
A good rule of thumb: If it can happen, it will. If, that is, good men stand by and do nothing.
There is never, ever, ever a systemic brake on tyranny. There are only live people being farsighted and vigilant.
J.E. Dyer on May 20, 2009 at 8:48 PM
Come on folks, he has to have something to counter FOX.
Cindy Munford on May 20, 2009 at 8:48 PM
Who’s paying for this?
The Ugly American on May 20, 2009 at 8:49 PM
Careful saying that about a ‘Frank’ ;o)
cntrlfrk on May 20, 2009 at 8:49 PM
Not to worry.
This will only last until the unFairness Doctrine is implemented.
jgapinoy on May 20, 2009 at 8:50 PM
The WH has enough sycophantic outlets already. I don’t see how this one could be any further up Obama’s rear than MSNBC.
ddrintn on May 20, 2009 at 8:50 PM
The mistake the Obama people are making here is that for most in the White House Press corps, it’s like going out on a date or two with some hunk and thinking you’re going steady, only to find out he’s got another girl on the side … who apparently puts out better.
Now it’s a question of whether they react like a scored lover, or decide to do what it takes to make Barack love them the most again. It’s pretty easy to guess where most of the press corps at the White House and their bosses are going to come down (or go down, if you want to get crude about it).
jon1979 on May 20, 2009 at 8:51 PM
My dog does that too.
thomasaur on May 20, 2009 at 8:52 PM
Move over, MSNBC! There’s a new kid in town!
Good Lt on May 20, 2009 at 8:53 PM
W was lambasted for providing background on stories, some of which aired w/o attribution to the WH and the loony left spun it as an agregious violation of personal trust.
countdown till we hear the same about Obama’s WH foray into provided ‘news’ stories. 3… 2… 1… * crickets *
gatorboy on May 20, 2009 at 8:54 PM
What’s black and white and red all over?
Barack..I mean Pravda, or is that the other way around.Sanjoboy on May 20, 2009 at 8:54 PM
I see a failed endeavor.
blatantblue on May 20, 2009 at 8:54 PM
And Obama’s the editor-in-chief!
Good Lt on May 20, 2009 at 8:54 PM
Is the new Obama WH channel eligible for :
Democrats seek financial rescue of minority-owned broadcasters
JiangxiDad on May 20, 2009 at 8:54 PM
When MSNBC doesn’t bag lick enough.
Caper29 on May 20, 2009 at 8:56 PM
Hoodwagen
Lourdes on May 20, 2009 at 8:56 PM
Don’t forget, muslems can have up to four wives.
Plenty of the 0 to go around!
Rebar on May 20, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Hoodagon mini-van
thomasaur on May 20, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Obamavision
Loxodonta on May 20, 2009 at 9:01 PM
I doubt it’s an actual O-Network or “press” group, it’s just NBC/MSNBC (or, otherwise GE) acting without the label in the White House to try to get the heat off GE in the mainstream media.
Lourdes on May 20, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Obamavision.
Standard in every new American car.
Loxodonta on May 20, 2009 at 9:02 PM
I thought he already had his own networks.
JellyToast on May 20, 2009 at 9:04 PM
I guess MSNBC needs help carrying Obama’s water.
SoulGlo on May 20, 2009 at 9:05 PM
LOL
blatantblue on May 20, 2009 at 9:06 PM
Well if Hugo can have his media toys why can’t obama. Chavez has a long winded (3-7 hours and more)show on Sundays called “ola presidente” maybe we’ll be lucky and have an Obama show called “Heil Barry” or “Collectivize or die”…
elduende on May 20, 2009 at 9:06 PM
I just nabbed this confidental program guide…
American Idol – How the White House was Won
Law & Order – The Nancy Pelosi / CIA Debate
Extreme Makeover – Behind The Scenes before any Pelosi Speech
How I Met Your Mother – Aerobics and Arm Toning with the White House Trainer
The Office – The Daily Antics of Rahm & Company
Lost – The Republicans As Viewed by Robert Gibbs
Dirty Jobs – Viewpoints from Members of the Press Corps
Mythbusters – The new name of the John Stewart Show
Fringe – the new name of the Glenn Beck show
Biggest Loser – the new name of Countdown with Keith Olbermann
Desperate Housewives – The Sarah Palin Story
Survivor – The Joe Biden Story
Two and A Half Men – Obama, Emmanuel and Robert Gibbs
cannonball on May 20, 2009 at 9:07 PM
Obamas media whores keep wondering why he hits them when they are doing the job.
Prostitution is a tough racket, eh guys and gals?
jjshaka on May 20, 2009 at 9:07 PM
Who will watch it?
Journalism is about news…not repeated goodwill statements. Maybe they are trying to get the new torture channel ready for the terrorists when they get moved to Colorado
will sass u on May 20, 2009 at 9:07 PM
Wow. A blogger with a smaller tinfoil hat than a White House correspondent for a major news network! These are crazy days. I’m going to side with Tapper’s assessment, though.
Weight of Glory on May 20, 2009 at 9:07 PM
I don’t understand the post title.
I thought MSNBC had already been launched?
malclave on May 20, 2009 at 9:09 PM
Anyone remember a dumb low-budget flick from 20-some years ago, Videodrome?
I think James Woods was the main character.
Obamadrome comes to mind. But you have to have seen the original flick to get the implication.
J.E. Dyer on May 20, 2009 at 9:11 PM
White House Original Reported Event
d1carter on May 20, 2009 at 9:15 PM
“Two and A Half Men – Obama, Emmanuel and Robert Gibbs”
cannonball on May 20, 2009 at 9:07 PM
Heh, good one. But who’s the “half”?
KS Rex on May 20, 2009 at 9:17 PM
I was just poised to post that; you beat me to it! It’s not a coincidence that (racist) Clyburn is pushing this “taxpayer bailout” for “minority owned” media. What a scam: a scam on top of a scam, on top of a scam.
http://thehill.com/business–lobby/democrats-seek-financial-rescue-of-minority-owned-broadcasters-2009-05-19.html
Lourdes on May 20, 2009 at 9:21 PM
Minority-owned Hoodagon mini-van
The new definition of “minority owned” is U.S. taxpayer-funded (this will be the only definition that the O-White House will render a crime to repeat).
Lourdes on May 20, 2009 at 9:25 PM
I say we make up a new drinking game….every time obama is on television with a new ‘rescue’ for this or that….uh, nevermind. I still remember having to get my stomach pumped during the debates and McCain’s ‘my friend’ drinking debacle.
If I have to see obama constantly on television, I may have to start drinking regularly.
HornetSting on May 20, 2009 at 9:25 PM
Yeah, and his claim that these minority businesses are viable if only somebody would give them some money made me laugh, before I started crying. Frankly, what’s the rationale for not giving money to anyone who asks after all the money the taxpayers have now given to so many private entities? Also, Obama prefers to be black, so why not subsidize black enterprises? America is all about race and other forms of identity politics now anyway. The only consolation I can find for any of the horrors that are now befalling our nation is that the stronger side deserves to win, whichever side that is.
JiangxiDad on May 20, 2009 at 9:25 PM
Hugo Chavez is a psychotic (he has manic-depression) who is sustained on anti-psychotic medications and a live-in/live-with psychiatrist who accompanies him everywhere he goes.
What will be Obama’s excuse?
Lourdes on May 20, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Isn’t that redundant?
This is like ESPN launching ESPN News. You can get the same stuff on SportsCenter that you do on ESPN News.
But hey, the USSR only had on Pravda, whereas we have state run news AND “news” that is reported exactly as the state wants it.
Journalism has been tortured and murdered in this country. It’s a dead profession.
NoDonkey on May 20, 2009 at 9:28 PM
his white 1/2 sabotaged him.
JiangxiDad on May 20, 2009 at 9:29 PM
If obama gets a damn parrot, I’m moving.
HornetSting on May 20, 2009 at 9:30 PM
I predicted Obama would end up with his own channel. After they rented out a satellite channel last year during the campaign, it seemed inevitable.
CP on May 20, 2009 at 9:31 PM
Maybe they’ll make it into a reality show, a “Real World” style show in the White House. I hope they find Robert Gibbs and the tiny dancer, Rahm in the closet together, making humping noises.
HornetSting on May 20, 2009 at 9:33 PM
“Struggling” to pay for the $10,000 a year dancing lessons, a live-in makeup artist, having pizzas by flying in a guy from the Midwest to prepare them, several jets available, flying to and from Denver to sign a bill, flying to and from Chicago to have martinis, lobster and caviar in New York and getting it billed to the Catholic Church, flying in “the world” every Wednesday night to entertain you (and bring certain goods with them), designer clothing & hand-made suits, taxpayer-funded educations (as also Saudi donors’ paying)…
it sure is hard to be a needy minority with a media network.
Lourdes on May 20, 2009 at 9:33 PM
They report. You imbibe.
CP on May 20, 2009 at 9:34 PM
I think that “24/7 live-in makeup artist” has other talents. So to speak. It’s good to have cover.
Lourdes on May 20, 2009 at 9:35 PM
I think I’ll send them a picture of the Ceaucescus.
JiangxiDad on May 20, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Kind of like a sitcom. I bet they will even have a laugh track.
Nancy pelosi: I’m being serious, I knew nothing.
*laughtrack*
I can see it now. Though we will be most likely saddened that this is indeed all too real.
FontanaConservative on May 20, 2009 at 9:39 PM
Didn’t the Obama radio network take a nosedive into the ground so deep they still can’t find it?
This will suffer the same fate. More well spent tax dollars eh? Where’s this assho1e’s impeachment already….
Spiritk9 on May 20, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Isn’t this already covered by Barack Entertainment Television (BET)?
cannonball on May 20, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Cartoon Network, too.
NoDonkey on May 20, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Orwellian.
javamartini on May 20, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Remember the lefties shrieking when the military, under Bush, was producing its own news reports to highlight things that the regular press wasn’t covering?
DaveS on May 20, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Back in the U.S.S.A…
White House TV…all propaganda…all the time.
Feature the children’s show The Adventures of Basketball Barry and Clueless Joe.
kingsjester on May 20, 2009 at 10:00 PM
My hunch is you’d get some pounding pretty quickly on yer door, if you do…
Lourdes on May 20, 2009 at 10:02 PM
BIG F’ING DEAL. Lets talk about real stuff and who cares about CT basketball, I don’t and I live in CT.
foxone on May 20, 2009 at 10:03 PM
I can just see it now, obama and a parrot with matching hats, a purple pimp hat with a long feather.
Every Sunday, stay home from church, come to the messiah’s house for a little story telling.
HornetSting on May 20, 2009 at 10:04 PM
I totally misread what you wrote. Gettin’ some pounding from the obama administration. Need to get my head out of the gutter.
HornetSting on May 20, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Next on the list – mandatory bail out of media corporations.
And for that, the comapnies will find this minor requirement of having to broadcast WhiteHouseTV each night.
eeyore on May 20, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Well if we had Barry’s complete medical records we would know. Go figure we know a tin pot Venezuelan dictator’s illnesses but have nary a clue what ails barry.
elduende on May 20, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Now that was freakin funny.
elduende on May 20, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Hah. Funny I could see barry pulling that off.
Actually Chavez has done some crazy crap on his show like Communist rappers and randomly yelling at people in the audience and scaring the crap out of the country by telling them he is preparing to repel a “yankee imperialist” invasion. Or he’ll pull out maps of the world and give lectures on how the revolution is spreading or he even had one lecture about how his revolution was going to create a rail line from Patagonia in Argentina all the way up to Venezuela thru the Amazon Jungle.It is a horrorshow.
elduende on May 20, 2009 at 10:21 PM
How about a gerbil?
Oh wait, he’s already got one. The girls named him “Keith Olbermann”.
NoDonkey on May 20, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Up next, the O Channel, and not it’s not Oprah.
I’m laughing because the thrill up their leg “journalists” might just be getting cut out of a picture. I wouldn’t have thought to wish for that, but would it not be a dream come true?
If they aren’t getting fed the news, they might just have to go out and investigate and find the news to keep their jobs. One can dream….
Hog Wild on May 20, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Nah, the role of Goebbels is currently being played by Axelrod.
Which would make 0bama…
And what the hell does “The 0ne” need this new network for?
What happened, he catch a wiff of NBC’s rating or something?
SuperCool on May 20, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Hahaha…nah, was referring to the idea of sending certain photograph to the White House and the reaction that would ensue, almost certainly, since the photograph suggested by someone else was of a certain politician who is now, shall I say, no longer with us.
Lourdes on May 20, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Did I move to Venezuala and nobody told me?
Knucklehead on May 20, 2009 at 10:30 PM
I know, I agree! And same with those missing academic records of Barack Obama’s. Here he’s giving Commencement speechs, so is his wife, they’re “advising” students, they’re getting so-called degrees/awards…YET NO ONE HAS SEEN BARACK OBAMA’S ACADEMIC RECORDS nor those applauding him seem to want to, either.
I am SURE there is a lot that would be revealed in those records (as same with medical) that would correct all the hyperbole surrounding Obama. He even admits that to release them would “cause a lot of embarrassment”.
Guy knows he’s entirely living a fantasy.
Lourdes on May 20, 2009 at 10:32 PM
No, Venezuela has moved here, comrade amigo.
NoDonkey on May 20, 2009 at 10:33 PM
I blame coca leaves. Same as I do as to Barry Soetoro’s creation, “the Barack Obama”.
Lourdes on May 20, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Does that mean I’m not a right wing extremist anymore?
Knucklehead on May 20, 2009 at 10:36 PM
But, isn’t that how evil operates? The whole appeal of romancing the evil results in the evil utterly using and abusing they who do the romancing, which is why the eventual “reward” is called helllll….because if you serve the devil, the devil serves you, on a plate, in an oven, with forks and knives, whatever. There’s never a good return when you worship evil, you eventually end up being the ridicule for ruin.
The Left never gets that, unfortunately for their souls and the ruin they encourage as fallout upon others while romancing their O.
Lourdes on May 20, 2009 at 10:37 PM
who knows what Hugo’s poison is as for barry all I’m sayin is crack is whack.
elduende on May 20, 2009 at 10:38 PM
And this station will be different from Obama’s other stations in what way?
pjean on May 20, 2009 at 10:40 PM
You are officially an “oligarcha” or a “contrarevolucionario” now. Enemy of the state. Embrace the subversion brother.
elduende on May 20, 2009 at 10:40 PM
I understand Jeff Gannon, Armstrong Williams, and Maggie Gallagher are available for this gig.
benny shakar on May 20, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Perhaps its a jobs program for recently downsized progressive journalists.
Or most probably a cynical attempt by an increasingly overbearing administration to control the content and spin on story’s about President Obama’s time in the White House.
You have to remember that Obama has a pathological need to be liked by everyone and as his popularity in the pols continues drop as a result of the effect of his progressive policies on the country, he and his administration will increasingly attempt to control the narrative and public perception of his administration through any means necessary.
Dreadnought223 on May 20, 2009 at 11:12 PM
It is all about truth boys and girls.
Every once in a while ABCNBCMSNBCCBSCNN accidentally show the truth. 0bama occasionally says what he means, rather than what he is scripted to say and it goes out to the Somatized masses. They need to be able to edit all the truth out, just in case someone hasn’t had their Soma that day.
LegendHasIt on May 20, 2009 at 11:37 PM
Is this the way all future Presidents will communicate with their “subjects” from now on?
Dollayo on May 21, 2009 at 12:35 AM
Love the obligatory white girl behind the “O” & what is with all that cleavage????
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Ladywolfnl on May 21, 2009 at 12:38 AM
You beat me to it. If MSNBC showed that much boob, they might actually have some redeeming value.
UltimateBob on May 21, 2009 at 12:47 AM
Does this mean the MSM can finally go back to real journalism now?
Dr. ZhivBlago on May 21, 2009 at 1:18 AM
You know what’s funny? This is going to finally kill MSNBC! Karl Rove couldn’t have planned it better.
PattyJ on May 21, 2009 at 1:44 AM
They shoot this with Obama’s Blackberry or did they hire the crew from Blair Witch Project?
Ronnie on May 21, 2009 at 1:44 AM
…Stayed tuned for sports with more “Monster Slams” and “Amazing Half Court Bombs” at the top of the hour. Now back to you Rahm and the rest of the team.
Thanks Robert. Well Janet it looks like the President is going to have a great weekend for firing up the grill….
That’s right Rahm, The President and First Lady are set to have a wonderful weekend as a high pressure system will be entering the area later this evening and pushing out the clouds just in time to usher in a glorious, sunny weekend. I hope the President saves me a hamburger….
hahaha you got that right. Thanks Janet
When we return, Tim will have all the business news you can use and stay tuned for more of Steven’s investigative series “Are We Too Late To Save the Planet?” You don’t want to miss it.
(Cut to commercial)
Billy here is like tens of thousands of other starving and under nourished children across America needs your help. Many of these children lack basic healthcare and the most basic of necessities. For far too long they have existed at the edge of the abyss. But you can help by joining President Obama and saying enough is enough. Won’t you please contact your elected representatives and say yes to hope. Say yes to change. And say yes to Billy. Billy and thousands like him are counting on you. Won’t you please help?
And we’re back…Thanks for joining us…
moxie_neanderthal on May 21, 2009 at 2:37 AM
and imagine the squealing from the MSM if GWB did this?
krl on May 21, 2009 at 7:19 AM
I guess that b*tch, MSNBC, wasn’t givin homey his props.
SKYFOX on May 21, 2009 at 8:15 AM
This POTUS’ ego definitely knows no bounds.
/ihopehefails.
bluelightbrigade on May 21, 2009 at 8:25 AM
Isn’t this what DICTATORS DO???????????????????????????
xler8bmw on May 21, 2009 at 8:40 AM
Lordy, Lordy, Lordy…..ChimpyO is a shameless sack of shit.
csdeven on May 21, 2009 at 9:16 AM
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